I need help

I need some help guys..
I have 3 cookouts 2 this weekend and 1 next.
I dont know what to take i need a healthy dessert plus a side..
I have used my old stand bys.But 2 of my family members are having the surgery to.
Thanks in advance

Try this.  I posted it the other day.  Made it the other day, without the crust, and it was really good.


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Another easy option is just to bring a watermelon.  It's all water anyway and a cup of watermelon has50 cals, 11 g carbs (9sugars), almost 1 g protein and a ton of vitamin c.

I always bring best in the west beans.   Canned pork n beans, butter beans, kidney beans, black beans, onion, bell pepper, bacon, pound of ground beef (I use turkey now) bbq sauce, mustard and a ton of spices.  It's a meal in and of itself.  I've substituted the splenda brown sugar for the regular brown sugar but haven't found a good replacement for the rich taste of molasses.

Here's my favorite summer cookout/potluck recipe.  You can lighten it up by using sugar-free pudding mix, fruit that's canned in it's own juice, fat-free pound cake, and sugar-free whipped topping.  You may also be able to use angel-food cake instead of pound cake, although I prefer the texture of the pound cake.  While it's not totally sugar-free it is much lighter than most desserts and people devour it. 

Fruit "Thang"  
Ingredients:
1 small package French Vanilla instant pudding (can use sugar-free pudding)
2 cups milk (can use skim milk)
1 15-ounce can sliced peaches
1 15-ounce can sliced pears
1 can Dole tropical fruit salad
1 pint fresh strawberries
1 pint fresh blueberries
1 Entenmann's pound cake (can use fat-free)
1 8-ounce tub Coolwhip, thawed (can use fat-free or sugar-free or light)  

Prepare pudding according to package directions, using 2 cups milk. Put in refrigerator while prepping remaining ingredients.   Drain canned fruit and cut into bite-size pieces. Wash strawberries and slice into bite-size pieces. Look blueberries for stems, bad berries, etc. Stir all fruit together in large bowl. If it is really juicy, put in colander and let drain well. (Doesn't have to be dry, but it should not be really, really wet either.)    Slice pound cake in half; set one half aside. Cut one-half of pound cake into small cubes. Place cake cubes in bottom of deep bowl with straight sides. Take the remaining half of cake and slice into bite-size cubes (about the same size as the fruit). (I cube cake in two batches so it is evenly divided between the two layers.) 

Spread prepared pudding over one-half of cake cubes; then spread Coolwhip over the other half of cake cubes. Cover with one-half of the prepared fruit. Cover with remaining cake cubes. Repeat pudding and Coolwhip layers, except reverse sides of the bowl. Sprinkle with remaining fruit.    When it's all in the bowl, you should have the following layers (the only thing that changes is the pudding and Coolwhip):   

6th layer:              Fruit                        Fruit
5th layer:              Coolwhip              Pudding
4th layer:              Cake Cubes       Cake Cubes
3rd layer:              Fruit                        Fruit
2nd layer:             Pudding               Coolwhip
bottom layer:      Cake Cubes       Cake Cubes  

Refrigerate. Best when served within 24 hours of preparation (cake gets soggy otherwise). 

walmart carries a sf angelfood cake that's good.

Here are some of my favorites -

Pistachio Fluff
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2 packages SF Pistashio pudding mix
2 containers SF Cool Whip
1 can crushed pinapple in it's own juice
optional - 1 contaier lowfat cottage cheese

Blend together and let set overnight.


Mock Rice Pudding
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1 package SF vanilla pudding mixed according to direction on box
cinnamon and nutmeg to taste
1 cantainer lowfar cottage cheese
2 small boxes raisins

Mix up pudding according to directions on box, add in spices, let set up, about 5 minutes. Fold in cottage cheese and rasins. Let set overnight. Raisins will plump up. So yummy!!



Frozen Yogurt Pie
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2 containers yogurt, flavor of your choice
1 container SF cool whip
1 reduced fat graham cracker pie crust
diced fruit in flavors to match the yogurt

Mix together and pur into pie crust, freeze. Take out to sofeten just a bit about 10 minutes before serving. If I use strawberry banana yogurt I dice up fresh strawberries and a banana to mix in. You can do any flavor combo you like.



Sugar Free Lemonade Pie
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2 fat free graham cracker crusts
16 oz fat free cool whip
1 sugar free vanilla pudding
1 1/2 cup skim milk
2 tubs sugar free crystal light lemonade mix (use 1 if you don't want it real sour)



Mix all ingredients and pour evenly into pie shells. Refrigerate until set.

thank you so much ladies
we have been going to so many lately that i just eat before i leave home,and talk while everyone else is eating.lol
but they have caught on and are telling me i have to eat with them..busted

Jan's Frozen Lemonade pie has been a hit for me all summer. I love it with frozen raspberries.

I got this recipe at Curves the other day and made it yesterday. OMG...it sounded pretty gross when I was first told about it, but I took a chance and it truly was yummy!  As a fellow food lover...I wouldn't steer you wrong!  LOL

Magic Brownies

Very Simple......Puree  1 can (do not drain) of  black beans  (I know eeewwwwwwww) add 2 dashes of cinnamon. Add this to 1 pkg of low fat brownie mix.  You will see the skins in the blender, but will not see or taste them when baked. HONEST!  Thats all!  Bake in greased 13X 9 pan at 350 degrees for 30 min.  Cool and cut into 3" squares.  These are very moist and cake like....delish!!  No bean taste...just chocolate.

Traditional brownies are 250-300 calories each.  These are only 98 cal. each, plus you have the benefit of fiber & protein!   Good for you for trying to stick with your program!!  HUGS  Jeanine

As a side I often do boccocinni.  This is how I do it;

sliced roma tomatoes, boccocinni cheese (low fat if you can find it) sliced and placed on the tomatoes, fresh bazil leaves, place a leaf ontop of each piece of cheese and tomatoe, drizzle with balsamic vinegar.  A great italian side, looks fabulous on a platter  and it is oh so delicious!  Anne